71.   An official from the central bank said the story was speculative.

72.   An official from the United States embassy at Minsk went to the site near the village of Beryoza to investigate and recover the bodies.

73.   And it may even have been a violation of a law prohibiting department officials from receiving gifts.

74.   And although officials from the northernmost counties acknowledge that their areas have few legitimate ties to the bridge, they do not exhibit much appetite for change.

75.   And France said some officials from the interim administration had arrived in the safety zone set up by French troops to protect civilians.

76.   And Arizona leaders have joined officials from other states to form a coalition agitating for fundamental changes in state-federal relations.

77.   And even now, others along the watershed, including some officials from neighboring Middlesex County, still question the need for the levees and pumping stations.

78.   And officials from the Philip Morris Companies Inc., and Loews Corp., which owns the Lorillard Tobacco Co., concurred.

79.   And officials from the Agriculture Department and Health Care Financing Administration said those existing laws still applied.

80.   And some officials from the border states have voiced similar concerns about unsafe Mexican trucks traveling on U.S. highways and through cities.